Shloka 307
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे सप्ताधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭha-karāla-janaka-saṃvāde saptādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément la section Mokṣadharma—s’achève le deux cent septième chapitre, dans le dialogue de Vasiṣṭha avec Karāla et Janaka. C’est le colophon conclusif, marquant la clôture d’un enseignement consacré au dharma tourné vers la délivrance, porté par l’autorité des sages et l’interrogation royale.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s teaching belongs to Mokṣa-dharma—dharma oriented toward liberation—and frames it as wisdom transmitted through a dialogue between a sage (Vasiṣṭha) and royal/other interlocutors (Janaka, Karāla).
The text is closing a chapter: it locates the episode within the Śānti Parva, inside the Mokṣa-dharma section, and identifies the specific conversational setting (Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka dialogue), marking the end of the 307th chapter.